Wow. My post on the Core Competency/Recruiter Phone Screen generated tons of controversy and debate. Instead of trying to continue a conversation in the comments section of that post, I wanted to post a new entry so I could address some concerns and ask...

Hi all, Keep the feedback on the debugger usability problems coming. I've seen a few that have Whidbey solutions, and a few that don't. I'll capture all this feedback and make sure we use it. Cheers, Rick

Thanks to Josh Ledgard, expert blogger, the pictures in my Help Toolbar post are now working properly. You no longer have to join the MSN community group where the pictures are located. Please take a look at the full screenshot of Whidbey Help and send...

I've gotten some good and interesting feedback on the post about doing usability for Generics. The question on some people's minds is, “Did the language design team really listen to us when they designed how we will use Generics in C#, or were they...

Microsoft Main Campus, from the air. The X-shaped buildings, the original six, look alternatively like the evacuated Mars Rover landing structure or a game of tic tac toe that Bill won. Due to their byzantine configurations, finding your way to and through...

So you’ve asked for it and we do our best to provide! I would like to introduce you to Lars Bergstrom. Lars is currently a Software Design Engineer in our Visual Studio product group. This entry is set up to give you an idea of what the “day...

Some years ago, I was downloading books from Project Gutenburg . I had finished couple of Masters degrees and a few years before had decided not finish off my doctoral dissertation. Nevertheless, I have retained this love of literature. Then, I thought...

Addins & Packages - can they talk to each other? I recently received a question on this from a VSIP partner (Velocitis) so I thought I'd share the info with everyone. Getting to a package from an addin is fairly straightforward. The package...

This is the DVD set I've been waiting for since I first started buying DVDs (which was about six years ago, when the number of released DVDs in the UK was about 20). I'm sure there will be another boxed set in the future with all six films, but I can...

People wanted Luna for others, but they want Aero for themselves....

South Carolina is considering being a "free pour" state after all....

So, What is MSMQT? I (stupidly as it turns out) just thought it was a new revision of MSMQ shipped with BTS04 that replaced or extended the built-in MSMQ functionality. Oh did I get that wrong!! J MSMQT ships with BizTalk 2004 primarily to get around...